When Åke was just a young teen he's just a tad more playful than the rest of the Almas. He was an athlete, he was confident and smart. He had almost everything he ever had, good grades, good looks, good genes, you name it! Well except this beautiful young Alma's heart. He tried many things to impress her, he bought her flowers, he got her her favourite black peppered shauppish sausages but it all didn't seem to touch her at all. Åke was devastated.

One day while Åke was heading home from school, he saw his crush being harassed by a Hootle. Åke grabbed his bag and chased the Hootle away.

"Ebba, Are you okay?"

For the first time, their eyes met. Åke was thrilled that he was finally closer to his crush. Ebba was crying and all Åke wanted to do was to make his girl feel better.

Angry at the darn owl that made his girl cry, he decided to take revenge. Gathering his friends who had been bullied by the Hootles, they found the Hootle again sitting at its nest nearby and decided to throw rocks at it. Little did Åke knew that the nest this Hootle was resting in had a few eggs, and they all broke due to Åke's rock throwing.

"QUARRRRWWWWKKKKKK," cried the Hootle. In the loudest most devastating cry Åke had ever heard from a Hootle, a swarm of Hootles gathered in a circle at the nest and mimicked her cries.

Åke regretted what he did and ran away as fast as he could.